permaculture
Use Permaculture in a sentence
məˌkʌl noun
a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
Related forms
per·ma·cul·tur·ist, per·ma·cul·tur·al·ist, noun
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| —n | |
| the practice of producing food, energy, etc, using ways that do not deplete the earth's natural resources | |
| [C20: coined by Bill Mollison (born 1928), Australian ecologist, from perma(nent agri)culture] | |
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Permaculture
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | permaculture |
| Part of Speech: | n. |
| Definition: | See permacultural |
Example sentences
They also span the agricultural spectrum, from permaculture to potatoes and clover to community-supported agriculture.
In fact some of the species promoted by permaculture can be serious environmental weeds.
Permaculture, local farming and local organic farming is the way to solve all our food problems and uses less petrol to do so.
The eco-ideology known as permaculture has entered the mainstream.
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